Globe supports Mano Amiga in easing unemployment and providing scholarships to the underprivileged

The Mano Amiga Bistro Café at The Globe Tower

November 15, 2016 | 01:41 PM

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Leading telecommunications company Globe Telecom lends its support
to Mano Amiga (Helping Hand) in providing scholarships to
underprivileged children and easing unemployment by hosting Bistro
Café, the organization’s social enterprise and livelihood program.

Bistro Café offers authentic, delicious, and affordable home-cooked
meals prepared by parents of the Mano Amiga students. One hundred
percent profit of the food establishment goes directly to the
scholarships of the students. At the same time, all products used by
the Café are supplied by local farm-to-table suppliers as a way to
help in the advancement of the Filipino food business industry.

To assist Mano Amiga, Globe provided Bistro Café with two-month free
space at its headquarters’ dining area, allowing thousands of Globe
employees and their guests to try the tasty Pinoy snacks that the Café serves.

“As its main advocacy of bringing sustainable livelihood to
individuals from low-income families, Bistro Cafe is committed to
offer not only healthy meals, but also offer basic employability
skills training to help alleviate unemployment in the best way that we
can through the kitchen and livelihood center in the future. At the
same time, it supports Mano Amiga’s goal of providing international
quality and affordable education to underprivileged children to give
them a better life,” said Abee Magallona, Business Development &
Social Enterprise Head of Mano Amiga Academy.

Fernando Esguerra, Globe Director for Citizenship said, “Globe
continues to develop partnerships that support sustainable livelihood
and conservation as part of our sustainability strategies in the
communities that we serve. We also share Mano Amiga’s dream of giving
everyone access to quality education. Through such initiatives, we
hope that we are able to create a positive impact in the society.”

Mano Amiga is currently raising funds for more scholarships and to
complete the construction of its new campus in Betterliving, Paranaque
City that can accommodate 800 students from Kinder to 12th Grade. The
same campus will provide access to livelihood training, skills
development, health services, and values formation for the families of
the students.

The organization started in Mexico in 1963 and has grown to over 40
schools all over the world, particularly in Latin America. Mano Amiga
Academy was established in 2008 in a temporary facility in FTI, Taguig
as its first school in the Philippines. At present, the new campus in
Paranaque City caters to Kinder to 7th Grade students from
underprivileged backgrounds. To get in touch with Mano Amiga, please
visit www.manoamigaph.org, (Facebook) Mano Amiga
Pilipinas and (Instagram) @manoamigaph.